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Spain Pavilion

Pavilion Features

The Spain Pavilion is designed to be a hand-weaved wicker basket structure supported by the steel framework inside. “The Basket,” as some have dubbed the pavilion, is “dressed” in more than 8,000 wicker panels in brown, beige, and black. Wicker weaving is a tradition in both Spain and China and the pavilion is like a bridge connecting the two nations. The panels were handmade by craftsmen in Shandong Province, each one unique in design.

Spain Pavilion

Pavilion Display

The pavilion contains three exhibition halls which will take visitors through the time and space of the development of the cities in Spain with the theme of “From the City of Our Parents to the City of Our Children.” The three displays are created by famous Spanish film makers from three decades.

Spain Pavilion

Pavilion Highlights

Highlight 1: Chinese Calligraphy

Chinese Calligraphy The design is so specific because the black panels form the shapes of Chinese characters – sun and moon, for instance. It adds more Chinese culture flavor to the pavilion and make the pavilion more artistic.

Spain Pavilion

Highlight 2: Cultural Events

Cultural Events Performance buffs and gourmets will be delighted by the pavilion, where they can enjoy authentic flamenco dancing and taste Spanish delicacies. The Spain Pavilion will be turned into a gastronomic cabaret that offers a feast to visitors every night by serving authentic delicacies and sizzling shows. The Spanish cultural events include soap bubbles, flamenco dancing, Latin and Spanish music. The daily show will be staged twice, at 6pm and 8pm, in the pavilion’s amphitheatre.

Spain Pavilion

Highlight 3: Spanish Delicacies

Spanish Delicacies The ground floor features a tapas bar where people can enjoy gourmet food made with the finest Spanish ingredients.

France Pavilion

Pavilion Features

The “Sensual City” itself is impressive with a large, classical roof garden and a pond. The walls of the square-shaped structure, which is made from a special concrete, are covered in plants and it looks like a white floating palace. Gardens are the centerpiece of the pavilion.

France Pavilion

Pavilion Display

The “Sensual City” showcases the sights, smells, tastes, sounds and feel of France – visitors will be able to admire French gardens and paintings, smell French perfume, taste French cuisine, touch the cool water of pools and fountains, and watch clips from classic French films to soak up the glamor of France.

France Pavilion

Pavilion Highlights

Highlight 1: Floating Palace

The France Pavilion appears to be floating in the beauty rhyme with water. The structure as a whole is “wrapped into” a huge wire mesh that is made of a new type concrete material, while featuring the plant walls, and water pools internal and external.

Highlight 2: French-style Garden

In the center of the structure stands a French-style garden, with streams flowing alongside. Small fountains and water gardens will help cool the space, where visitors may enjoy the singing of birds, fragrance of flowers, and delicious food under the sunshine and amid the aquatic environment. Surrounded by the space that is permeated with French city ambient sound effects, visitors may think they were in France.

Highlight 3: Sights, Smells, Tastes, Sounds and Feel of France

In “the Sensual City,” visitors will see, smell, taste, hear, and touch the glamour of France. Design of the pavilion embodies the kinetic effect and the concept of balance, with which a large amount of video projections, moving images, irregular outline borders, and reflected jumping waves are provided as background to make a living structure.

Highlight 4: Alain Delon

As the spokesman of France Pavilion, Alain Delon will tell you his close ties with China at the “France Pavilion Channel” specifically set up for the pavilion exhibition.

Highlight 5: Cat Léon

The Cat Leon, mascot of France Pavilion, will interact with every visitor. Here, you can not only taste the champagne from a specially made bottle marked with “France Pavilion at Expo 2010,” but also await a big surprise… What is it? Solve the mystery by yourself.

Highlight 6: Romantic French Wedding

Visitors may also have the chance to witness a romantic French wedding, which has been held in the city of Tours for several consecutive years. It is expected to be relocated to the France Pavilion at Expo 2010. New couples will tie the knot in the beautiful French-style garden within the pavilion.

Germany Pavilion

Pavilion Features

It is the epitome of a city, boasting the creation of a “harbor image” and a “dynamic tunnel” with urban scenes from Germany. This is the “Balancity,” a magnificent crystallization of Germanic originality and technology. The structure is wrapped in silver membrane. A terraced landscape stretches from the ground level up to the third floor of the pavilion. Four exhibition structures appear to hover, creating a perfect roof for visitors.

Pavilion Display

The theme of the pavilion is “Balancity.” It demonstrates the importance of balance between modernization and preservation, innovation and tradition, community and the individual, work and leisure, and between globalization and national identity. Visitors will gradually explore various places typical of a city — a harbor, a factory, a garden, a park and a depot where exhibits and urban projects from Germany will be on show.

Pavilion Highlights

Highlight 1: Metal Sphere